diff --git a/check.go b/check.go
index 29e05e3..5d60fff 100644
--- a/check.go
+++ b/check.go
@@ -18,13 +18,3 @@ func Check(root string, dh *DirectoryHierarchy, keywords []Keyword, fs FsEval) (
 
 	return Compare(dh, newDh, keywords)
 }
-
-// TarCheck is the tar equivalent of checking a file hierarchy spec against a
-// tar stream to determine if files have been changed. This is precisely
-// equivalent to Compare(dh, tarDH, keywords).
-func TarCheck(tarDH, dh *DirectoryHierarchy, keywords []Keyword) ([]InodeDelta, error) {
-	if keywords == nil {
-		return Compare(dh, tarDH, dh.UsedKeywords())
-	}
-	return Compare(dh, tarDH, keywords)
-}
diff --git a/tar_test.go b/tar_test.go
index 4b88e51..82d8abe 100644
--- a/tar_test.go
+++ b/tar_test.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func TestTar(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	res, err := TarCheck(tdh, dh, append(DefaultKeywords, "sha1"))
+	res, err := Compare(tdh, dh, append(DefaultKeywords, "sha1"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func TestArchiveCreation(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Test the tar manifest against itself
-	res, err = TarCheck(tdh, tdh, []Keyword{"sha1"})
+	res, err = Compare(tdh, tdh, []Keyword{"sha1"})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func TestArchiveCreation(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	res, err = TarCheck(tdh, dh, []Keyword{"sha1"})
+	res, err = Compare(tdh, dh, []Keyword{"sha1"})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func TestTreeTraversal(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	res, err := TarCheck(tdh, tdh, []Keyword{"sha1"})
+	res, err := Compare(tdh, tdh, []Keyword{"sha1"})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}